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Survey of 500 Adults December 22, 2005
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December 24, 2005--Most Americans (58%) say they will attend a Christian Church service on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day this year. This includes 66% of married Americans and 43% who are not married. Seventy-two percent (72%) of Americans say that they would like the holiday season to focus more on celebrating the birth of Jesus. Middle income Americans are more likely to want an increased focus on Jesus than those at either with higher or lower income. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Americans have set up a Christmas Tree in their home. When shopping, 67% of Americans want to see signs saying "Merry Christmas" while 24% prefer "Happy Holidays." Fifty-six percent (56%) say that they generally find the holiday season joyous. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say they find it stressful. Women are more likely than men to find the holiday season stressful. Crosstabs providing additional demographic information are available for Premium Members. [More Below] In 2005, 46% of Americans say they will do some of their holiday shopping online. That's up from 33% a year ago. Crosstabs providing additional demographic information are available for Premium Members. Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information. We measure the economic confidence of consumers and investors on a daily basis. Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome. During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined. Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 15-16, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology). |
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